The Summit for the Restoring Prosperity to Ohio

7:30 Registration opens

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Opening Plenary Session

Welcome

The Honorable Michael Coleman, Mayor, Columbus

Summit Introduction and Overview

Lavea Brachman, Co-Director Greater Ohio, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Bio

9:00 Presentation

The State Role in Revitalizing Ohio’s Core Communities

Bruce Katz, Vice President & Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution Bio

10:00 Response Panel

What would Ohio look like, if we implemented the proposed new economic revitalization strategies? What other proposed solutions are feasible?

Moderator: Mike Curtin, Associate Publisher Emeritus, Columbus Dispatch Bio

Confirmed Panelists

Eric Fingerhut, Chancellor, Board of Regents

Alex Fischer, Vice President, Commercialization, Battelle

The Honorable Lee Fisher, Lieutenant Governor, State of Ohio Bio

The Honorable Bill Harris, President, Ohio Senate Bio

The Honorable Jay Williams, Mayor, City of Youngstown

12:15 Lunch Plenary

Welcome

Jim Petro, Vice Chair, Board, Greater Ohio

Introduction

Jerry Jurgensen, President and CEO, Nationwide Insurance

Plenary Presentation

The Honorable Ted Strickland, Governor, State of Ohio (confirmed)

Session 1: Quality of Place: Creating Vital Neighborhoods

Moderator: Ben Hecht, President and CEO, Living Cities Bio

Author: Alan Mallach, Non-resident, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Confirmed Panelists

Milton Dohoney Jr.City Manager, Cincinnati Bio

Doug Garver, Executive Director, Ohio Housing Finance Agency Bio

Eric Hoddersen, President, Neighborhood Progress, Inc.

Steven Leeper, President and CEO, Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC)

David Sweet, President, Youngstown State University

Session 2: Human Capital: Enhancing Skills and Earnings

Moderator: Chad Wick, President and CEO, KnowledgeWorks Bio

Author: Jane Dockery, Associate Director, Center for Urban and Public Affairs Wright State University

Confirmed Panelist

Roy Church, President, Lorain County Community College

Thomas Fellrath, Director, Ohio Skills Bank, Board of Regents

Roberta Garber, Executive Director, Community Research Partners

Bob Jaquay, Associate Director, Gund Foundation

Randell McShepard, Chairman and Co-founder, Policy Bridge Bio

Session 3: Boosting Business Growth and Job Creation

Moderator:Bob Milbourne, President and CEO, The Columbus Partnership Bio

Author: Rob Greenbaum, Professor, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University

Confirmed Panelists

Mark Barbash, Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Development Bio

Mark Erickson, President, Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH)

Ned Hill, Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs of Cleveland State University, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

The Honorable Donald Plusquellic, Mayor, City of Akron

Session 4: Infrastructure: Investing to Promote Economic Development

Moderator: Ty Marsh, President and CEO, Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Author: Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology Bio

Panelists:

Chester Jourdan, Executive Director, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)

Gene Krebs, Co-Director, Greater Ohio Bio

Jolene Molitoris, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Transportation

Chris Warren, Chief of Regional Development, City of Cleveland

Session 5: Governance: Promoting Regional Solutions

Moderator: David Abbott, President, Gund Foundation Bio

Author: Mark Partridge, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University

Panelists:

The Honorable Dan Foley, Montgomery County Commissioner Bio

The Honorable Larry Flowers, Majority Floor Leader, Ohio House of Representatives

Ellen van der Horst, President, Cincinnati USA Chamber of Commerce

The Honorable Georgine Welo, Mayor, City of South Euclid

Brad Whitehead, President, Fund for Our Economic Future

Session 6: Learning from Local Leadership and Promising Practices

Moderator: Luis M. Proenza, President, University of Akron Bio

Confirmed Panelists

Lloyd Jacobs, President, University of Toledo

The Honorable David Pepper, Hamilton County Commissioner Bio

Joseph Roman, President and CEO, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Dan Rosenthal, Office of Chairman, Net Jets

Introduction to Panel:

Gene Krebs, Co-Director, Greater Ohio

Moderator:

Douglas Kridler, CEO, Columbus Foundation

Confirmed Panelists

The Honorable David J. Berger, Mayor, Lima Bio

The Honorable Jon Husted, Speaker, Ohio House of Representatives

Al Ratner, Co-Chairman, Forest City Enterprises

Nancy Zimpher, President, University of Cincinnati

4:30 Next Steps and Closing

Staying Engaged and Advancing the Restoring Prosperity Agenda

Lavea Brachman, Co-Director Greater Ohio, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Bio